Spanish company Recover to supply H&M with recycled cotton

Spanish materials-recycling specialist Recover has introduced a multi-year settlement with Swedish style large H&M, beneath which it’ll supply RCotton, its recycled cotton fibre.

The collaboration between the 2 firms is just not new. Recover and H&M beforehand developed collections utilizing mechanically recycled cotton produced by the Spanish agency. The new settlement lays the foundations for a partnership that locations larger emphasis on the sustainable sourcing of recycled supplies.

“In order to increase the availability and affordability of recycled and sustainably sourced materials, we are investing in innovative solutions and infrastructure, which we are testing and developing at scale,” defined Ulf Krigsman, head of supplies and parts at H&M.

“Recover’s expertise and proven ability to supply recycled cotton at commercial scale make it a valuable partner in pursuing our goal of using only recycled or sustainably sourced materials by 2030.”

Recover had already signed an identical settlement with one other main attire retailer, the Dutch chain C&Afirstly of 2022. This four-year partnership centered on the sourcing of recycled supplies. The recycler has additionally collaborated with the British retailer Primark.

Alongside RCotton recycled cotton, Recover has additionally developed RMix, a recycled cotton mix containing up to 40% recycled polyester, and RDenim, a fibre recreated from end-of-life denims, in addition to Recover One, a colored fibre produced by shredding materials in related shades.

Recover just lately joined the T2T Alliancea foyer fashioned in the beginning of the yr by textile-to-textile recycling specialists together with Circulose, Syre, Circ and Re&Up to make their voices heard by public authorities, significantly in Europe.